I’m Lucy, a freelance graphic designer who wholeheartedly believes in design for good. I believe that ideas are born in sketchbooks, and you’ll rarely see me without one! I’m most commonly found at my desk with a cup of tea in one hand, and a pencil in the other. My passion is designing for non-profit organisations and local churches, and I love to create work that makes a genuine difference.
My final project was born out of encounters with terrible church websites during my placement year with the charity Transforming Lives for Good (TLG). Churches are well-known for their beautifully designed buildings, and often stand as impressive structures in the heart of communities. Once, the illuminated manuscripts and stained-glass windows were arguably at the forefront of British design, but today they are often decades behind in visual communication. For a group with a powerful and relevant hope to share, doing so in a way that appears relevant in an increasingly visual age is vital, not only externally but also to their own congregations. I felt that it was time for the Church to re-enter the world of graphic design, not by choosing style over substance, but harnessing the power of stylised substance.
The project you see here aims to address this problem, providing a resource that bridges the gap between churches and the wealth of free resources that exist online that most are not accessing currently. The resource is postal, containing a novelty pop-up church that appears upon opening, a concertina-style booklet outlining the ‘why’, and a beautifully illustrated book containing the Letter to the Ephesians. This supports and directs to a website, pointing to resources all over the internet that will give churches the tools they need to improve their visual communication.
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